Old Cumbria Gazetteer

Aldingham

civil parish:-

Aldingham (formerly Lancashire)

county:-

Cumbria

locality type:-

locality

locality type:-

buildings

coordinates:-

SD28317103 (etc)

1Km square:-

SD2871

10Km square:-

SD27

evidence:-

old map:- OS County Series (Lan 22 7)
placename:- Aldingham

source data:-

Maps, County Series maps of Great Britain, scales 6 and 25 inches to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, from about 1863 to 1948.

evidence:-

old map:- West 1784 map
placename:- Aldingham

source data:-

Map, hand coloured engraving, A Map of the Lakes in Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, engraved by Paas, 53 Holborn, London, about 1784.

Ws02SD27.jpg
item:- Armitt Library : A1221.1
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evidence:-

old text:- Camden 1789
placename:- Aldingham

source data:-

Book, Britannia, or A Chorographical Description of the Flourishing Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland, by William Camden, 1586, translated from the 1607 Latin edition by Richard Gough, published London, 1789.

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Page 132:- "..."
"... Aldingham, the antient estate of the family of Harrington, to whom it came from the Flemings by the Cancefelds, and their estate passed by a daughter to William Bonvill in Devonshire, and at length by him to the Greys marquisses of Dorset. ..."

evidence:-

old text:- Camden 1789 (Gough Additions)

source data:-

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Page 142:- "..."
"Great part of Aldingham parish has been swept away by the tides."

evidence:-

old map:- Otley 1818
placename:- Aldingham

source data:-

Map, uncoloured engraving, The District of the Lakes, Cumberland, Westmorland, and Lancashire, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by Jonathan Otley, 1818, engraved by J and G Menzies, Edinburgh, Scotland, published by Jonathan Otley, Keswick, Cumberland, et al, 1833.

OT02SD27.jpg
item:- JandMN : 48.1
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evidence:-

old map:- Ford 1839 map
placename:- Aldingham

source data:-

Map, uncoloured engraving, Map of the Lake District of Cumberland, Westmoreland and Lancashire, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, published by Charles Thurnam, Carlisle, and by R Groombridge, 5 Paternoster Row, London, 3rd edn 1843.

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"Aldingham"
item:- JandMN : 100.1
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evidence:-

old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H
placename:- Aldingham

source data:-

Map of the English Lakes, in Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, 1850s-60s.